Re: Last part of the proposed changes to debian-faq
Hi,
Beatrice Torracca <beatricet@libero.it> wrote:
> -process, your configuration files might be lost and....
> +process, your configuration files might be lost and...
I think it should be "might be lost and ..." (space after and)
> <p>The idea is that, if the package has any problems, it would be discovered by
> people using unstable and will be fixed before it enters testing. This keeps
> -the testing in an usable state for most period of the time. Overall a
> -brilliant concept, if you ask me. But things are always not so simple. Consider
> +the testing in an usable state for most of the time. Overall a
> +brilliant concept, if you ask me. But things aren't always so simple. Consider
> the following situation:</p>
Maybe "But things aren't always that simple."
or "But things aren't always as simple."
> -<p>One of the main reasons many people chose Debian over other Linux distributions is
> +<p>One of the main reasons many people choose Debian over other Linux distributions is
Maybe "One of the main reasons why many people choose Debian ..."
> @@ -67,6 +66,12 @@
> <em/arm/ was dropped too in this release, as it was superseded by
> the <em/armel/ architecture.
>
> +<!-- info from Jessie Release Notes -->
> +<p>Support for the 32-bit s390 port (s390) was discontinued and replaced
> +with s390x in Jessie (Debian 8.0). In addition, the ports to IA-64 and
> +Sparc had to be removed from this release due to insufficient developer
> +support.
So add it:
<p>Support for the 32-bit <em/s390/ port (s390) was discontinued and replaced
with s390x in Jessie (Debian 8.0). Additionally, the ports to IA-64 and
Sparc had to be removed from this release due to insufficient developer
support.
> <p>The development of Debian is open to all, and new users with the right
> skills and/or the willingness to learn are needed to maintain existing
> packages which have been "orphaned" by their previous maintainers, to
> -develop new packages, and to provide user support.
> +develop new packages, to write documentation, to do translation work, to
> +help with the Debian website, to provide user support, etc.
Is it correct/good, to mention the "to" every time? Or can they be removed to
improve readability?
> <p>See <ref id="choosing"> for help when choosing a Debian distribution.
> @@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
> release 1.1, <tt>rex</tt> for release 1.2, <tt>bo</tt> for releases 1.3.x,
> <tt>hamm</tt> for release 2.0, <tt>slink</tt> for release 2.1,
> <tt>potato</tt> for release 2.2, <tt>woody</tt> for release 3.0,
> -<tt>sarge</tt> for release 3.1, <tt>etch</tt> for release 4.0, and
> -<tt>lenny</tt> for release 5.0, and
> +<tt>sarge</tt> for release 3.1, <tt>etch</tt> for release 4.0,
> +<tt>lenny</tt> for release 5.0,
> <tt>squeeze</tt> for release 6.0,
> -<tt>wheezy</tt> for release 7.0.
> +<tt>wheezy</tt> for release 7.0, and <tt>jessie</tt> for release 8.0.
As Justin already said: Wheezy is Debian 7, and Jessie is Debian 8
(see the list at https://www.debian.org/releases/ ).
> <p>They must be in sync on all architectures where they have been built and
> mustn't have dependencies that make them uninstallable; they also have to
> -have fewer release-critical bugs than the versions currently in testing.
> +have fewer release-critical bugs than the versions currently in unstable.
> This way, we hope that `testing' is always close to being a release
> candidate.
1. they also need to have fewer release-critical bugs (to avoid doubled "have")
Holger
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